Anapendeza is dedicated to providing job training opportunities, and work support services, to youth with developmental disabilities, targeted to meet the needs of specific employers.

WHO

Generalized trainings leave youth with developmental disabilities discouraged so they begin to define themselves as incapable of working. This also leads to inappropriate placements for youth with developmental disabilities.

What

Normally short-term to mid-term “training” are designed based on assumptions about the deficits of youth with developmental disabilities and where the labor market is headed.

Why (Anapendeza)

We need to examine, explore and learn about the context of particular jobs that suit this youth’s interests and skills. To uncover the job demands. Only then Using this knowledge it then possible to train them with skills that match those demands.

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THE PROBLEM WE FACE

Estimates suggest that there are between 180 and 220 million youth with developmental disabilities worldwide and nearly 80% of them live in developing countries.

The unemployment rate of persons with disabilities is over 80% in some countries across continents.

Youth with disabilities face dual disadvantages as individuals with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty even in developed countries such as the United States.

Children with disabilities have a lower probability of entering school as well as staying and advancing in school as children without disabilities 4.

What we do

Our Programs

S.E.P

The aim of our Supported Employment Program is to assist job seekers with developmental disabilities to attain and maintain a career of their choosing.